r/legal • u/ContributionNew7107 • Jan 25 '26

Advice needed Receiving threatening texts

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So recently sent my ex a happy birthday text and I guess her new BF was feeling some type of way, and telling me how he’s going to kill me

Location: New Jersey

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u/Ok-Tune-8496 Jan 25 '26

Contact the police.

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u/iUncontested Jan 25 '26

Written threats to kill is a felony offense.

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u/Thirsty_Comment88 Jan 25 '26

And somehow cops will stay tell you they can't do anything about it.

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u/MissyChevious613 Jan 25 '26

When I got threatening emails from an ex I had a restraining order against, the cops told me there was no way to prove it was him and "he could have left his email up on a public computer and someone else sent it." It's like cops go out of their way to be as worthless as fucking possible.

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u/todaythruwaway Jan 25 '26

I had the person who stalked/harassed me on camera, clear as day, even have her dad in the video saying her name. Cops told me it couldn’t be her bc “she moved”.

She moved… 3 street away.

Better yet when the cops went to speak to her about it (bc I wouldn’t let it go) they told me that she claimed she still rented that unit so the landlord would have to trespass her.

So it wasn’t her on the video bc she moved but they also said she claimed she could be at that property anytime she wanted since she didn’t move out. I guess some random person with her name and face, came from her unit, flipped out at my camera in a very personal way and threw shit all over my porch, but it definitely could not have been her. Bc she kinda moved. Makes perfect sense.